HMS Bangor returns to home port
The Royal Navy’s mine hunter HMS Bangor has returned to its home port of HM Naval Base Clyde on 31 August following a three-year deployment in the Gulf.
The Sandown class vessel and Crew 2 from the Faslane-based First Mine Counter Measures Squadron (MCM1) worked alongside US, French, Omani and Kuwaiti allies in the region conducting seabed surveys and on the lookout for maritime mines.
In March the ship joined RFA Cardigan Bay and HMS Ledbury to participate in Khunjar Hadd (Sharp Dagger) which helped test the ability of the navies to work alongside one another.
One of seven Sandown class mine hunters, Bangor is almost entirely made from non-magnetic materials, to counteract the threat from magnetic mines. The class is equipped with the Seafox mine disposal system and a highly-trained team of Royal Navy Clearance Divers who can descend to the seabed to place small explosive charges on ordnance.
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